Kamali LeClair’s dance is her prayer—and her rebellion against the human/bot hybrids who run the world. In Paris’s annual showcase for the creative Olympics, she’ll prove she’s the best of what’s left of humanity… and then refuse the ascenders’ prize of immortality. But when a young man has an offer of résistance she didn’t know was possible, she has to decide how far she’s willing to go to defy … go to defy the rulers who banished her mother.
Résistance is a standalone short novella that takes place in the world of the Singularity novels.
Start the novel series with The Legacy Human (Singularity 1).
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Resistance tells the story of Kamali and how she joins the resistance. I always liked Kamali’s character and it’s been great to see a bit more of her in this novella. We see her dance and find out how she’s living and then how everything changes when the resistance approaches her. We see the people she interacts with and what she believes and why she joins the resistance, which was great.
I also liked seeing this futuristic version of post Singularity Paris in this world. There were a few famous buildings like the Notre Damme that got shown. And there are some familiar characters form the main novels you see here as well.
If you’re a fan of this series I would recommend this novella. It’s nice to get that extra bit of background story of Kamali and get a bit more insight in her character. I also liked seeing how close she and her best friend are. And we get a bit about her mother as well and Kamali ended up living with her aunt.
This novella takes place chronologically before The Legacy Human and I think it would work as a prequel, but it’s also fun to read it later in the series and get a glimpse of her past.
To summarize: this is a fun novella that gives a bit of background information and additional depth in Kamali’s characters. It’s told from her perspective and it was nice to get that bit of extra insight in her character. It’s been nice to get back in this world again with the last book coming soon. I enjoyed reading this short read and while chronologically it takes place before The Legacy Human, it also works well to read it any time later. It’s a great addition to this series.
I love this whole series and Résistance is a wonderful story showcasing the beauty, talent. and strength of Kamali LeClair. She is an amazing dancer and uses her gift to further her cause.
Résistance dropped me right back into the Singularity world, where the concept of that world is so foreign to me, but one that Susan Kaye Quinn has made very real. It is so easy to become engrossed in her creative story-lines.
The Singularity series and the Stories of Singularity are amazing stories that I highly recommend. You really should read them!
RESISTANCE is the seventh short story in Susan Kaye Quinn’s young adult, post apocalyptic, dystopian STORIES OF SINGULARITY sci-fi series- a companion series to the author’s SINGULARITY series. RESISTANCE is a pre-quel short story that focuses on dancer Kamali LeClair.
SOME BACKGROUND: Following the ‘Singularity’ that resulted in most of the world’s population transforming themselves into a hybrid known as the Ascended, the few remaining humans become what is known as the Legacy-the true descendants of humankind. Every year a ‘creative Olympics’ is held, and the winner is offered the opportunity to become one of the ‘ascended’, a human/robot hybrid but a human who sacrifices their very soul.
Told from first person perspective (Kamali LeClair) RESISTANCE follows Kamali LeClair, a dancer of extraordinary talent who refuses to attend the creative Olympics rebuking the possibility of an immortal life. A recent dance competition netted Kamali another first place standing, a standing that catches the eye of the Resistance, a group who live on the periphery of society, defying the ascenders in an effort to maintain their own humanity. Enter Tristan, a member of the Resistance, who makes Kamali an offer she will not refuse.
RESISTANCE reveals a little bit of background history and the events leading up to Kamali’s acceptance and participation in the Creative Olympics (Singularity Series). A quick and compelling short story RESISTANCE focusing on the philosophical idea of everlasting life as the expense of losing one’s autonomy and one’s soul.
Loved it! The story of how Kamali came to be in the Olympics and a member of the Resistance. A must if you loved the Singularity series!